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That thread was well finished after your baseless assertion that
drafting was "not well understood."

That was not what I said, and only a quick perusal of the the thread is needed
to see that it was nowhere near "well finished" after my initial post on
drafting. This is an example of the dumbness I've had to deal with in that
thread.

"DavidW" wrote:
Steve Curtis wrote:
"DavidW" wrote:
Don't worry. This thread won't drag on
like the last (unfinished) Lenton WR
thread.
That thread was well finished after your
baseless assertion that drafting was
"not well understood."
That was not what I said, and only a
quick perusal of the the thread is needed
to see that it was nowhere near "well
finished" after my initial post on drafting.

"DavidW" wrote:
Steve Curtis wrote:
"DavidW" wrote:
Don't worry. This thread won't drag on
like the last (unfinished) Lenton WR
thread.
That thread was well finished after your
baseless assertion that drafting was
"not well understood."
That was not what I said, and only a
quick perusal of the the thread is needed
to see that it was nowhere near "well
finished" after my initial post on drafting.

That's exactly what you said, to quote: "It's probably not well
understood how much assistance Lenton....." replete with the ambiguity
that goes along with that statement. The "assistance" that you referred
to was pointed out to be drafting, which has been researched, studied,
and is reasonably well understood by coaches, most competitive swimmers,
triathletes, and others, albeit not with complete certainty.
This is an example of the dumbness I've
had to deal with in that thread.

Steve Curtis wrote:
"DavidW" wrote:
Steve Curtis wrote:
"DavidW" wrote:
Don't worry. This thread won't drag on
like the last (unfinished) Lenton WR
thread.
That thread was well finished after your
baseless assertion that drafting was
"not well understood."
That was not what I said, and only a
quick perusal of the the thread is needed
to see that it was nowhere near "well
finished" after my initial post on drafting.

That's exactly what you said, to quote: "It's probably not well
understood how much assistance Lenton....." replete with the ambiguity
that goes along with that statement. The "assistance" that you
referred to was pointed out to be drafting, which has been
researched, studied, and is reasonably well understood by coaches,
most competitive swimmers, triathletes, and others, albeit not with
complete certainty.
This is an example of the dumbness I've
had to deal with in that thread.

"DavidW" wrote:
Steve Curtis wrote:
"DavidW" wrote:
Steve Curtis wrote:
"DavidW" wrote:
Don't worry. This thread won't drag
on like the last (unfinished) Lenton
WR thread.
That thread was well finished after
your baseless assertion that drafting
was "not well understood."
That was not what I said, and only a
quick perusal of the the thread is
needed to see that it was nowhere
near "well finished" after my initial
post on drafting.
That's exactly what you said, to quote:
"It's probably not well understood how
much assistance Lenton....." replete
with the ambiguity that goes along with
that statement. The "assistance" that
you referred to was pointed out to be
drafting, which has been researched,
studied, and is reasonably well
understood by coaches, most
competitive swimmers, triathletes, and
others, albeit not with complete
certainty.
This is an example of the dumbness
I've had to deal with in that thread.
Not nearly as dumb as this from
another thread: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.s...d?dmode=source
Learn to read, and more importantly,
comprehend.
Save it for the other thread. You're not
ruining this one too. This record will be
in the books soon.

Never implied that Lenton's WR this time around isn't for the books, at
least until Beijing, at which time, a possible new entry will be
achieved by someone else.

Steve Curtis wrote:
"DavidW" wrote:
Steve Curtis wrote:
"DavidW" wrote:
Steve Curtis wrote:
"DavidW" wrote:
Don't worry. This thread won't drag
on like the last (unfinished) Lenton
WR thread.
That thread was well finished after
your baseless assertion that drafting
was "not well understood."
That was not what I said, and only a
quick perusal of the the thread is
needed to see that it was nowhere
near "well finished" after my initial
post on drafting.
That's exactly what you said, to quote:
"It's probably not well understood how
much assistance Lenton....." replete
with the ambiguity that goes along with
that statement. The "assistance" that
you referred to was pointed out to be
drafting, which has been researched,
studied, and is reasonably well
understood by coaches, most
competitive swimmers, triathletes, and
others, albeit not with complete
certainty.
This is an example of the dumbness
I've had to deal with in that thread.
Not nearly as dumb as this from
another thread:http://groups.google.com/group/rec.s...d?dmode=source
Learn to read, and more importantly,
comprehend.
Save it for the other thread. You're not
ruining this one too. This record will be
in the books soon.

Never implied that Lenton's WR this time around isn't for the books,

No, but the swim deserves the focus to be on it rather than other stuff.
at least until Beijing, at which time, a possible new entry will be
achieved by someone else.

Maybe, but she sliced a lot off it, and she was already a past holder of it and
at this stage looks the most likely one to break it if anyone does.

"DavidW" wrote:
Steve Curtis wrote:
Never implied that Lenton's WR this
time around isn't for the books,
No, but the swim deserves the focus to
be on it rather than other stuff.

That is, until the current record is broken, at which time, the new
record holder's swim will deserve an equal amount of "focus."
at least until Beijing, at which time, a
possible new entry will be achieved by
someone else.
Maybe, but she sliced a lot off it, and she
was already a past holder of it and at
this stage looks the most likely one to
break it if anyone does.

Or not, we'll see what happens between now and in Beijing, and for that
matter, after as well.